"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."

~ Albert Einstein

As promised in the last blog post today I bring to you an easy and efficient way of learning to improve typing speed and accuracy or in other words learning how to ‘touch type’. What is touch typing? It basically means typing from your muscle memory.

Have you ever wondered why the keys on the keyboard are not in alphabetical order? It’s an interesting story. You see before computers, when people used typewriters the keys were arranged in the alphabetical order but people started typing at unfathomable speed, the letters started getting jumbled and the typewriter malfunctioned. The QWERTY keyboard was actually designed to reduce speed! It was invented by Christopher Lathom Sholes. Another fun fact… the other types of keyboards are COLEMAK and DVORAK all though QWERTY remains the most popular.

You may not realize it but the way you are typing right now might actually be wrong. The next time you sit in front of your computer and type a document, a message or practically anything; try noticing whether you type looking down at your keys or looking at the computer screen. If you find yourself looking at the screen then you don’t need to worry, but if you look at your fingers as you type then you are doing it wrong. You need to train your mind to remember where the keys are on your keyboard. It maybe hard in the start or you may not be able to understand it. If you want to learn this easy method then TypingClub is exactly what you need!

TypingClub makes learning how to touch type a lot of fun. It uses various graphics and games to improve and enhance your learning experience. This makes it so enjoyable to learn how to touch type. The lessons are arranged in a systematic order to make it easier to learn. The experience is completely effortless. To give an idea on how exactly it works let me describe what the first few lessons are about. The first one talks about the home row which is the second row of letters on the keyboard. After that you learn which fingers you are supposed to type which letter with. You learn two letters together one in your right hand and the other in the left hand using the same finger in both hands.

Every pair of letters is learnt at different stages. I attached a video that I created at the end of the blog to give you a glimpse into how exactly these stages look.

Every few lessons you also have a short-animated video to watch that teaches you something about typing like the history of a keyboard. One of my favorites is the one that describes muscle memory and tells you how it helps. Your muscle memory allows your brain to focus on thinking about what you need to type instead of focusing on which key is where. I also hope I tempted you to sign up for TypingClub because it is completely free! I love how you get all the amazing features of this course for free.

This skill may not seem important, but it will enable you to type and divert your focus to doing something else at the same time - like talking to someone. At the same time if you find a few of the other person’s points prevailing you should still be able to add them to your document without diverting your focus from the discussion you are having. In other words, it enables you to multitask. Even look out the window to enjoy the scenery perhaps.    

Typing Club is different from a video on touch typing or Skillshare (or other online course) because it is interactive and fun. It also allows you to see your mistakes and helps you correct them. But if you were learning from a video you would not be able to identify your mistakes. So, what are you waiting for? Click on the link to sign up for TypingClub today! 

I have recently started the course myself and hope to become proficient in the next couple of months.

I am also starting a new section at the end of blogposts called ‘RACK YOUR BRAINS’. I will ask you a random question which you can answer in the comments section. The answer of the question will be posted in my next blog. Subscribers will also receive the answer to the question the very next day via mail. So, you won’t have to wait two weeks to know if your answer was right or not. If you haven’t already subscribed, please do. This week’s question is…

RACK YOUR BRAINS: This man was a naval aviator and got his pilot’s license at just 16 and literally flew off to great heights. He was also a university professor and created history with his famous landing. Who is this man and which of his most prominent accomplishments is missing here?    

Let me know in the comments below how your experience with TypingClub goes. Subscribe to my blog to receive an e-mail when I post a new blog. Please share this post with as many students as possible. If this is your first time on my blog click on the link to read my other blogs.

Thanks for reading!

See you next time!

 

(This is not a sponsored blog post)